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Warhammer Takedowns, EB Games Closures & Ubisoft Embarrassment: All The News From January 22-27

"I Do Not Feel Safe In The Country": International Developers Are Skipping GDC Because Of Trump's Border Chaos

The Anime AI Closed Captioning Situation Is Crazy

Gambling Isn't News

Despite AI's Best Efforts, I Fixed My Kid's Airpods Through The Collective Power Of Human Troubleshooting

Highguard Is Yet Another Symptom – And Victim – Of A Rapidly Decaying Internet

Kokuho Has The Juice

You Gotta Love It When A Good Game Takes The Time To Get Even Better

Nintendo’s Games Are Special Because Its Teams Are Intergenerational

US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

A Game Doesn't Need To Be ‘By And For Fans’

Following Layoffs And Cancellations, Ubisoft Announces More Layoffs And Cancellations

That's No Moon Ex-CEO Hijacked Domain And Caused A $1M Problem, Cofounders Say In Lawsuit

Milk Is Not $20

Josei Anime Is Back On The Menu, Boys

Bobby Kotick Is On One, Rockstar Explosions & AI On Steam: All The News From January 18-21

Whiskerwood Is Already One Of The Finest City-Builders I Have Ever Played

The Climber Is An Incredibly Beautiful, Devastating Manga About Hubris

Their Uncle Directed The Hit Movie Babe, But They Hold The World Record For Its Video Game Tie-In

The Best Mothers And Ships In Games (Ft Mothership)

Games Journalism Layoffs Hit Inverse, The Verge

Tomb Raider, Animal Crossing Jumps & Pokemon x Pentagon Lootboxes: All The News From January 13-17

I'm Not That Nicole Carpenter

I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me

Meta Layoffs Hit Batman: Arkham Shadow Studio Camouflaj, Game Projects Canceled

Finally, Some Good AI Policies

I Nearly Made It Through All Of 2025 Without Playing A Single Console Game

Ian's Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoes

Bad Day

What’s The Deal With Rumiko Takahashi’s Signature Hand Pose

Oh My God, Am I A Genius At Irish Language Wordle

Buying A Digital Game From GameStop Is A 'Bait And Switch,' Lawsuit Says

Now More Than Ever, It Is Imperative That Tim Sweeney Log Off

RIP Discord, More Wolfenstein & Some Rockstar Bullshit: All The News From January 7-12

Luke's Favourite Video Games Of 2025

Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You Is A Cozy Rom-Com Manga

‘Will The AI Bubble Finally Burst’ And Other 2026 Predictions

I Love My Suspiciously Fast Charging Power Bank

Sega Sues Guy Who Uploaded Game Soundtracks To Spotify Before They Did

Ubisoft Halifax Union To 'Pursue Every Legal Recourse' After Studio Closes Weeks After Union Vote

Not Even A Video Game Can Convince Me To Read The Directions First

GDQ’s Organizers Plan To Keep Growing The Event, But They Don’t Want It To Become Just Another Video Game Convention

What If I Don't Fantasize About Having A Friend In A Jar

The PlayStation Car Is For Nobody

Friendship Ended With Terrace House, Love Village Is My New Favorite Dating Show

I Don’t Care Who Wins Dragon Ball Z’s Popularity Poll, I Just Want Goten To Lose To Bulma’s Cat

The Testament Of Ann Lee Makes A Dying Faith Radical

Please Seek Help Immediately

Solving Mysteries In A World Without Answers

Happy Holidays, And To All A Good Nap

Unbeatable Is Messy, But Somehow Still Hits

Terrace House's Omurice Incident Is Still An All-Time Reality TV Moment

Genndy Tartakovsky Won’t Let Original Animation Die—Even If He Has To Raise A Caveman From The Dead

NYC's OMNY Card Is Here, And I Am Full Of Regret

Larian’s AI Usage Is A Perfect Storm Of Video Game Industry Ills

Naughty Dog, Having Tried To 'Eliminate Crunch', Is Still Crunching

Flotsam Builds Some Hope At World's End

This Holiday Season, Why Not Give The Most Thoughtful Gift Of All: An Aftermath Subscription

I'm Taking It As A Bad Sign That Two Big Games Were Announced With No Screenshots

Why Games Go Down When Big Updates Come Out – Even Though Developers Know Tons Of Players Are Going To Log On

Adventure Time Creator on AI: ‘We’re Cooked’

Morse Makes Learning An Obscure Skill Fun

I Don't Think Larian's CEO Understands How Art Is Made

Wake Up Dead Man's Saving Grace Is How It Talks About Religion

‘Lay Off CEOs Instead’: Game Awards Protesters Fed Up With The Show And The State Of The Industry

Tiny Bookshop Briefly Removed From Nintendo Switch Store In Ratings Debacle Over The Word 'Arsehole'

Dogpile Knows The Best Dog Is A Big Dog

The Rise And Fall of Queer Cartoons

A Lot Of Great Games Will Never Win A Game Award

Doom Studio id Software Unionizes To Secure AI Protections, Benefits: ‘We See The Direction The Industry Is Headed’

Polymarket And Kalshi Want You To Gamble On The News – And Video Game Award Shows

A Digital Audio Player Renewed My Love Of Music

Routine Is Extremely Cool But Alas, I Am A Coward

What Have We Done To Deserve Such Wonderful Sons?

Uh Oh, You Have Billions Invested In Generative AI

It's Hard Not To Call Everything AI When Everything Keeps Being AI

‘Grand Theft, Not Wage Theft’: Rockstar Protest In NYC Draws Tech Workers, Members Of Multiple Unions

Ditching Spotify Has Been A Bleak Experience To Say The Least

Kensuke Ushio Dove Deep Creating The Emotionally Devastating Score For Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Fake Video Games Can Be Just As Interesting As Real Ones

Netflix, Which Has No Idea What To Do With Video Games, Could Own More Video Games

Mark Zuckerberg Is Never Right

Instead Of Relying On Wealthy Donors, Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Is Using A Twitch Stream To Raise Money – And Fight A Federal Indictment

Horses Is Tame

A 23GB Helldivers 2 Is Better Than A 154GB Helldivers 2

Humble Delists Then Relists Horses

RIP To Tortellini, The Elden Ring-Playing Goldfish

Horror Game Horses Removed From Epic Games Store, Too

Bullying Works

Too Real, News Tower

How Do We Relationship? Is A Brutal Stumble Toward True Love

Buy Our 'Destroy AI' Hoodie

Somehow, The Musical Ghost Story Home Repair Genre Works

No Thoughts, Just Fish

My First Anime, Which I Thought I'd Lost Forever, Still Hits

Open Thread: Thanksgiving

Steam Is For Products, Not Art

What If We Threw Every Person Involved In Private Equity Into The Ocean

Rental Family Is The True Brenaissance Film We’ve Been Waiting For

Sektori Is The Technically Perfect Heir To Geometry Wars

Ubisoft, Face Covered In Bruises, Once Again Confidently Extends Foot Towards End Of Rake

Demonschool’s Credits Show Rest Of Games Industry How It’s Done

Sonic The Hedgehog Makes His NHL Debut—On Columbus Blue Jackets Goalie's Hockey Mask

Assetto Corsa Rally Is Here To Keep Me Humble

Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’

Finally, A Biking Game That Embraces Vibes

MrBeast Has A Theme Park Now Because Big Content Creators Can’t Be Canceled

The Aftermath Party Was Good

Lumines Arise Is The Living Memory Of PlayStation Cool

A Hockey Team Recreated The Evangelion Intro For A Stadium Full Of Fans

Tavern Keeper: It's Good

Sure, Why Not: Windows 11 AI Agents Might Install Malware On Your PC

Baki The Grappler, The Wildest Martial Arts Manga Of All Time, Still Wants The Smoke 35 Years Later

Carmen Maria Machado’s Carmilla Is Sapphic Bullshit, But I Believe It

A Dungeon Synth Album To Cope With An Age Without Magic

Y’all Undersold How Bad The 1989 Legend of Zelda Cartoon Is

Death By Lightning Knows History Is Temporary

[This Is Where My Anno 117 Impressions Were Going To Go]

One Weekend Away Has Rekindled A Love Of Board Games That I Thought Covid Had Killed Forever

These Developers Are Bringing Canceled Game Concord Back To Life

Beyond The Stars

The Steam Machine, Frame, And Controller Are Full Of Good Design Choices

Let's See How Being 'AI First' Is Going For Krafton

The Art Of Playing The Damn Video Game

We're Having A Sale: Get Your First Month Of Aftermath For Just $1

Raccoin Is A Coin Pusher Where It's OK To Shake The Machine

AI Is The Ultimate "Forced Meme"

Support Human Writers And Artists, Buy Our New Print (Or Shirt!)

Thanks/No Thanks For Telling Me About Buckshot Roulette, Everyone

But What If The Babies WANT To Worship Extra Deities?

How Fortnite Friday Grew From A Bit Into An Institution That Could Pull Gavin Newsom

Pluribus Is An Apocalypse Story For People Who Go To Therapy

Following Firings And Grand Theft Auto VI Delay, Union Plans To Keep Pressure On Rockstar

Welcome To Aftermath 2.0

A Showcase Of Caravan Sandwitch's Beautiful Art

Solve These Strange Jigsaws

That Time A Student Asked Us Not To Write Any Weird Or Horny Shit Until 4:30 PM, And Other Highlights From Aftermath’s First Two Years

How The US Patent And Trademark Office Will Reexamine Nintendo’s Battling Patent

Pokémon Battle Patent Reexamination A 'Disruption Of The Normal Status Quo,' Says IP Law Expert

Nothing But Respect For This Manual Ear And Nose Hair Trimmer

Dispatch Brings Back The Halcyon Era Of Online Water Cooler Talk

Mamdani Won, And Also Cuomo Lost

Somehow, The Threat Of A Live-Action Akira Refuses To Die

I Owe My Workday To Criterion 24/7

‘This Guy Should Be Beaten To Death With Baseball Bats’

'This Guy Should Be Beaten To Death With Baseball Bats'

EA Says It Will Retain Creative Control Following Saudi Sale, But, Like, Come On

How Am I Supposed To Review Europa Universalis V

The Seance Of Blake Manor Is My Blue Prince

And Also, Who Even Cares About Halo And Lord Of The Rings These Days

I Will Grind In Final Fantasy Tactics Every Single Time And You Cannot Stop Me

We Have Never Been More 12 Years Old

Have You Heard The Good News About Tasks

Not Commenting Is Commenting

One Chainsaw Man Fan Calculated How Long You’d Survive Sex With Angel Devil Before Suffering From Twink Death

The Trump Halo Memes Aren’t Supposed To Make Sense

You Could Be Playing Vanquish Right Now

Days After Hyping Games Business To Investors, Netflix Closes Squid Game: Unleashed Studio

What The Hell Is Microsoft Doing?

Brainrot Goes To Court

AI Political Videos Tell Us Too Much About The People Behind Them

Beefed Up TwitchCon Security Couldn’t Stop The Internet’s Issues From Spilling Over Into Real Life

Everyone Who Worked On A Video Game Needs To Be In The Credits

Check Out This Pair Of ‘Ridge Racer’ Sneakers, Reportedly Made To Commemorate Kaz Hirai’s Famous E3 2006 Presentation

Criterion’s Mobile Closet Wasn’t About The Van—It Was About IRL Friendships We Made Along The (Five-Hour) Way

I Will Romance Every Character In Hades 2, But Under Duress

Why Are My Bluesky Bots So Into Irish

A History of Histories

Big Week For Unions At Blizzard As Hearthstone Team Also Votes ‘Yes’

Battlefield 6’s Campaign Is An Act Of Narrative Cowardice

The Sweet Spot Of IMDb is 6.3-7.6

I Will Go Down Swinging Against Windows 11

I Apologize, Absolute Batman. I Wasn’t Familiar With Your Game

Battle.net Workers Unionize As Microsoft Neutrality Agreement Expires

Look Out, I’m The Bus

I Can’t Believe We’re Still Talking About This

The Killing Stone Is A Folk Horror Board Game Where Everything Is Story

We’re Throwing A Party, And You’re Invited

Everything Is Assassin’s Creed

MindsEye Workers Condemn Leadership’s ‘Disrespect And Mistreatment’ In Open Letter

GameZone, A Website Dating Back To 1994, Has Had Its Archives Wiped

100 Meters Is A Soulful Gem About The Poetry Of Running

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Releases Standard To Make Games ‘The Most Sustainable Form Of Entertainment’

Chess Dungeon Crawler, Yeah

Ubisoft Could Not Have Handled A Reconstruction Era Assassin’s Creed

Baby Steps’ Manbreaker Did Not Break Me

Good Patch Notes

Epic Games Suing Two Fortnite Island Makers Over Inflated ‘Bot’ Engagement

100 Meters Director On Capturing The Art And Agony Of Track And Field Through Rotoscope Animation

Hades 2’s Story Doesn’t Change The Status Quo

VTuber Mori Calliope’s Anime Dream Came Full Circle In Creating Gachiakuta’s New Theme Song

Silent Hill F’s Best Puzzle Is A Masterclass In Anticipation

Saudi Arabia’s Strategy Is Working Because Of Greed And Cynicism

Wayward Is A Queer Exploration Of The Troubled Teen Industry

Trying To Get A Job In Video Games Right Now Is Like Crawling Through Hell

One Battle After Another Is An Instant Classic That Plays Fast And Loose With Its Politics

What Does It Sound Like To Slide Down A Breast Milk River? Ask Baby Steps Sound Designer Maxi Boch

Microsoft Just Made It Easier Than Ever To Stop Putting Up With Microsoft

Candy Crush Player Sues Activision Blizzard Over Alleged ‘Scam’ Tournament

A Slot Machine Roguelike Is Way Too Intense

The AirPods Pro 3 Are Everything I Wanted, And They’re Crucially Flawed

I’ve Been Playing Town To City From Dawn To Dusk